Jeff Pelline

A session is planned for 6 p.m. on May 7 at City Hall to discuss this topic: “A joint study session with the City Council and Planning Commission to obtain a recommendation on preferred land use and zoning designations for Grass Valley southern Sphere of Influence. The purpose of this action is to provide...

We’d written before about the friction between The Union and Nevada County “Peeps,” an active and growing Facebook page that acts as a small-town bulletin board with 1565 members. It stemmed from users’ complaints that The Union was republishing comments from the users without their permission or a warning. “Some NC Peeps reps meeting...

I found this photo on the Tahoe National Forest website. It is from April and shows the snow melt at Faucherie Reservoir. The snow is almost gone except for the north-facing slope. That means fishing is just ahead. I regularly go up to Truckee for business, and last week, I detoured to Lake Tahoe...

As predicted, The Union (whose Editor is a former Sports Editor) is waxing with praise about the NU football coach’s retirement — first discussed here two days ago — on Page One. We dispensed with all that on Wednesday — the football records, the Wing-T offense, and so on. If we had a local...

No word in the local media (where The Union newspaper Editor, the KNCO News Director and a sports blogger all feverishly cover the Nevada Union High football “brotherhood”). But I’m hearing that Head Coach Dave Humphers could soon announce his retirement — after 22 years. A new head coach would take the reins this...

Editor’s note: The Dorsey Drive Interchange just held its groundbreaking ceremony, as we reported the other day. The Rincon Del Rio project in south county got a “green light.” Now a survey is out about Grass Valley shopping that could help “identify opportunities that may increase local business.” In short, we’re positioning our construction...

“Mid-Valley Assemblyman Dan Logue admits his outlook has changed since he entered the Legislature four years ago,” according to the Appeal-Democrat. ‘”For the first two years you want to change the world,’ Logue says. ‘Then you look at the things you feel you can move the ball on.’ “Logue, R-Loma Rica, was a Yuba...

Our family is vacationing out of town for a short week. But we were excited to hear that the Sacramento Kings won the unanimous support of an NBA commission to stay put instead of going to Seattle, and we reflected on it (while shooting some hoops in a basketball net beside the pool). Eat...

(credit: GV Downtown)

For more information: Julia Jordan, Executive Director (530) 272-8315 Best picks from the 2013 Downtown Grass Valley Car Show Grass Valley, CA, April 30 — Winners of the 2013 Downtown Grass Valley Car Show, presented by the Grass Valley Downtown Association, were awarded trophies sponsored by local merchants. “We’d like to give a special...